"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe

"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman

26 Feb 2013

The Jews

At PMW, Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik point to an op-ed published by Palestinian news agency Ma'an.

"One wonders if the Jews belong to some other kind of human species... From where does all this evil and destructive energy derive?
Do all the other nations deserve all this evil and hostility, just so that Jews may control them?"
Read more: http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=8600

National Review discusses an individual who is rooting for Chuck Hagel.

Chuck Hagel may not be having much luck winning over Republican senators, but at least someone is aware of his moral fiber — Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam. Yesterday he delivered his annual address at the Saviours’ Day convention in Chicago, Ill. In the speech, he praised Hagel for standing up to the “Jewish lobby,” and said Hagel was being punished only for stating what Farrakhan has argued for decades.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/341523/farrakhan-cheers-hagel-s-jewish-lobby-comment-betsy-woodruffH/T Memeorandum

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday blasted an Oscars sketch in which potty-mouthed film star bear Ted joked about Jews in Hollywood, calling it "offensive and not remotely funny".
..."It only reinforces stereotypes which legitimise anti-Semitism. It is sad and disheartening that the Oscars awards show sought to use anti-Jewish stereotypes for laughs," he said.
Read more: http://www.channel24.co.za/Movies/News/Jewish-group-offended-by-Oscars-sketch-20130225

A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Tuesday, killing at least 19 foreign tourists, a security official said.

It was one of the worst crashes involving tourists in the country already struggling with a decimated tourism industry, two years after the 2011 uprising that ousted former leader Hosni Mubarak.